Ina Kronenberger

With "Ein Freitod", Steffen Kverneland presents his most personal graphic novel to date. The story revolves around his father and his surprising suicide when Kverneland was just eighteen years old. The outstanding drawings are combined with photographs from the family album and tell the story of how this drastic experience influenced the author's later life. Steffen Kverneland (*1963) is probably the best-known contemporary Norwegian comic author and the first illustrator ever to receive the prestigious Brage Literature Prize. "It is so wise, so masterfully done ... a deeply shattering work". Dagbladet.